METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY TRANSMITTING INTERACTIVE APPLICATION DATA BETWEEN A CLIENT AND A SERVER USING MARKUP LANGUAGE

摘要

A method for efficiently transferring data between a client and a server includes the steps of: providing an application program; providing an application-independent client process effecting a plurality of client states; providing an application-independent server process effecting a plurality of server states; transferring data from the server process to the client process in response to an application program; and updating at least one client state in response to the transferred data. A related apparatus is also disclosed.